Zwiegespräch

"Du gabst mir immer wieder
Dein Herz und deine Lieder,
Ich nahm sie sorglos hin.
Nun muß ich dich betrüben:
Ich [darf]1 dich [nicht mehr]2 lieben,
Weil ich nicht dein mehr bin."

"Und liebst du einen andern,
[Will]3 ich ins Weite wandern,
Mir wird so enge hier.
Wie schmerzlich blüht der Flieder!
Mein Herz und meine Lieder,
[Ich lasse sie bei dir]4."

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Klabund Gesammelte Gedichte Lyrik Balladen Chansons, Wien: Phaidon-Verlag, 1930, page 231.

Authorship

• by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann [ author's text verified 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Zwiegespräch", op. 6 no. 1, published 1921 [voice and piano], from Lieder des Abschieds, no. 1, Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Zwiegespräch", 1919 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder und Gesänge nach Texten von Klabund, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by (Richard Gustav) Heinz Tiessen (1887 - 1971), "Zwiegespräch", op. 53 no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dialogue", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dialogue", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Dialogue

« Encore et encore, tu me donnas
Ton cœur et tes chansons,
Je les ai acceptés sans souci.
Il me faut maintenant te peiner :
Je ne puis plus t'aimer,
Car je ne suis plus tienne. »

« Si tu en aimes un autre,
Je vais voyager au loin,
On est tant à l'étroit ici.
Comme les fleurs du lilas font mal !
Mon cœur et mes chansons,
Je les laisse auprès de toi. »

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Rudolf Mengelberg, Carl Orff, Heinz Tiessen. Go to the text.

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